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Sometimes the most basic of objects can come to represent so much
more. In the simple yet beautiful A Glass, acclaimed children’s author and
illustrator Etienne Delessert tells the story of his stepmother … and of the
glass that came to symbolize her. Illustrated in the unmistakable style that
has earned Delessert decades of renown, this is a story of wild mushrooms,
garden snails, imaginary characters, and—above all—love. Readers will
learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass and of the shatterproof love
between a parent and a child.

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A Glass

Sometimes the most basic of objects can come to represent so much
more. In the simple yet beautiful A Glass, acclaimed children’s author and
illustrator Etienne Delessert tells the story of his stepmother … and of the
glass that came to symbolize her. Illustrated in the unmistakable style that
has earned Delessert decades of renown, this is a story of wild mushrooms,
garden snails, imaginary characters, and—above all—love. Readers will
learn of one seemingly unbreakable glass and of the shatterproof love
between a parent and a child.